Lingual tonsillectomy and midline posterior glossectomy for obstructive sleep apnea

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Woodson, B Tucker ^a   Laohasiriwong, Supawan ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coblation; Glossectomy; Lingual tonsil; Obstructive sleep apnea; Radiofrequency plasma surgery; Sleep disorders; Sleep medicine; Surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACROGLOSSIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84861952378     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: 15579395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otot.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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